Bridle-bit



(No Model.)

'G'. M. HUCKINS.

BRIDLE BIT.

No. 356,043. vPatented Jan. 11, 1887.`

@NTT-nn STATES PATENT @Trina CHESTER M. VHUCKINS, OF WEST TOPSHAM, VERMNT.

BRIDLE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,043, dated January 11, 1887. l Application tiled October 23, 1886. Serial No. 217,050. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHEsrER M. HUcKINs, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Topsham, in the county of Orange and State of -f bridle-bits; and it consists of the peculiar and novel construction and arrangement of the various parts for service, substantially as hereinafter fullydescribed,and particularlypointed out in the claims.

My present invention is especially designed as an improvement upon the bit patented to me on the 12th day of October7 1869, and num bered 95,801. In this patented device I employ a pair of toggle-levers, which are pivoted at their outer or free ends-to the jointed sections of a bridlebit at such a point of the length of the latter that the said levers are sub- Stantially in line with one another when the bit is operated.

I- have found by practical experience that a bithaving the toggle-levers pivoted and arranged as above described will not be operated automatically by a pull upon the reins by the driver, and, therefore, when it is desired to use the bit upon a fractious animal, the toggle-levers and bit have to be iirst properly adjusted -by hand and then placed in the animals mouth.

operated to bear upon the inner sides of the animals mouth the instant that a pull is eX- erted upon the reins, and'when the reins are slackened the bit and toggle-levers instantly return to their former positions.

A further object of my invention is to improve the toggle-levers so that they will act more forcibly and powerfully upon the animals mouth, to more quickly subdue it and bring it under more complete control.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrateabridle-bitembodyingmyimprovements, Figure l is a perspective view of the bit and toggle-levers in their normal closed positions. Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing the bit and toggle-levers in their operative positions.

Fig, 3 is a horizontal central sectional view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, A designates the bit, which is jointed at its middle7 as at a, to form two movable sections, B, and provided at its ends with enlarged perforated ears b, th rough which are passed the rings G, to which the reins are attached or connected, as is usual. The inner sides of the meeting pivoted ends of the bitsections are recessed or cutaway, as at c, land the outer terminal ends of the recessed portions are provided with transversely-perforated ears or lugs c', which lie at a point on the bit-sections beyond the middle of the said sections.

D D designate the toggle-jointed levers, which are pivoted at their outer terminal ends be'- tween the ears or lugs of the bit-sections, suitable lugs being` formed on the ends of the toggle-levers, which iit between the ears c', and through which a suitable pin or shaft is passed to pivotally connect the bit and toggle-levers thereof together. rlhe opposing sides of the bit-sections and toggle-levers arc iiattened, as shown, to adapt the parts to fit snugly and closely together. It will thus be seen that the toggle-levers are pivotally connected to the bitsections at a point beyond'the middle of the latter, and that the pivots of the toggle-levers and bitsections are in line and parallel with each other. is exerted upon the reins beyond the strength of the ordinary strain necessary in driving and guiding the animal, the bit-sections are forced outwardly and the toggle-levers rearwardly against the inner sides of the animals mouth, the sides ofthe mouth of the animal serving as By this construction, when a pully a fulcrum to the bit-sections. The rear sides of i the toggle-levers are bulged or enlarged, as at e, so that the greater transverse diameter is at the middle, while it is gradually reduced or 'diminished in thickness toward the extremi- IOO to run, and which can be easily operated bya pull upon the reins, and thatthe toggle-levers are more effective and reliable in action, as the bulged rear side thereof acts directly upon the soft inner sides of the animals mouth.

The advantages incident to the use of my improved bridle-bit herein described are that it can be used as an ordinary bit Without in` jury to any animal, hardmouthed and pulling horses can be more easily and readily controlled, the animal 'is effeetual'ly prevented from putting his tongue over the bit, or from taking it between its teeth, it can be successfully used in breaking eolts in a shorter time, and is invaluable in a double team where one pulls harder than the other.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An improved bridlebit, comprising the jointed bit-sections and the toggle-levers pivotally connected at their outer ends to the bitsections at points beyond the middle thereof, and lying at an acute angle to each other when separated, the pivots of the togglelevers and the bit-sections being in line with each other, and/the bit-sections being recessed or cut out to receive the toggle1evers when the parts are closed, substantially as described.

2. An improved bridle-bit, comprising the j ointAed-bit sections and the togglelevers piv* oted to the bit-sections, and having the sides thereof bnlged or enlarged at their centers and gradually reduced toward their extremities, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHESTER M. HUOKINS. Witnesses:

WM. R. PUFFER, JOHN B. ATWooD. 

